i think syphillis has been maligned far too much in our society. i'm going to petition for a Syphillis Awareness Day. i mean, come on, S is a classic sexually transmitted disease; no trendy newcomer to the scene...

I say we bring syphillis out of the darkness, into the light of day and expose it for what it is...a festering, deadly disease, popular not only with literary and other creative geniuses all 'round the globe, but also with the little man (or woman) whose sexual gallavanting has procured for them the potential for a mad, mad death! ah the joy! here's to the big S!